That Gay Cowboy Movie
Jan. 16th, 2006 08:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantFirst, before I get into it, two things:
Happy birthday (a day late) to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heidi8!!! Hope it's a wonderful one, and involves good chocolate lava cake!!!!
If you missed it, Accidentally In Love has been updated (FINALLY)- update is here. The next update should not be nearly so long in coming. Now that I know Regulus IS actually important. (For all you Regulus lovers, chapter 10 and chapter 11 should really make you happy.)
Anyway. I got to see Brokeback Mountain this weekend!!!!!!! I'm not cutting because there's no spoilers- I'm saving most of my reactions for my review. But can I just say how wonderful it was just to get out of the house? Howard's best friend married a REALLY great girl not all that long ago, and she and I have similar taste in movies. So Howard and Chris stayed home with Toby and played video games, and Jess and I went to the movies. All were happy.
I also discovered that my bladder is somehow connected to my tearducts. I drank a small (HA!) Coke during the movie, and by the end I had to pee so badly that even though I knew the movie was affecting me, all I could think was "I have to pee!" Then I went to the bathroom, and as the pressure came off my bladder I started crying. And even as I think about the movie later... it's the kind of thing that hits you gradually. And then over and over again.
Beautiful movie, wonderful acting. I liked Jake Gyllenhaal's performance better than Heath Ledger's, but I think that has to do with their characters. I also think that Gyllenhaal is totally charming. And to be honest, I'm still on my Jarhead kick. Jarhead was TOTALLY ignored by the Golden Globes and will probably be ignored by the Oscars, but it gets my award for Best Movie of 2005. And yes, even over Brokeback.
Many more thoughts will follow in a proper review for MRFH, but I want a shower before Toby wakes up. :)
BTW:pfrsue, have you written your Brokeback Mountain review yet? (In other words, do I need to do the extras, or do you want help with the extras?)
Happy birthday (a day late) to
heidi8!!! Hope it's a wonderful one, and involves good chocolate lava cake!!!!If you missed it, Accidentally In Love has been updated (FINALLY)- update is here. The next update should not be nearly so long in coming. Now that I know Regulus IS actually important. (For all you Regulus lovers, chapter 10 and chapter 11 should really make you happy.)
Anyway. I got to see Brokeback Mountain this weekend!!!!!!! I'm not cutting because there's no spoilers- I'm saving most of my reactions for my review. But can I just say how wonderful it was just to get out of the house? Howard's best friend married a REALLY great girl not all that long ago, and she and I have similar taste in movies. So Howard and Chris stayed home with Toby and played video games, and Jess and I went to the movies. All were happy.
I also discovered that my bladder is somehow connected to my tearducts. I drank a small (HA!) Coke during the movie, and by the end I had to pee so badly that even though I knew the movie was affecting me, all I could think was "I have to pee!" Then I went to the bathroom, and as the pressure came off my bladder I started crying. And even as I think about the movie later... it's the kind of thing that hits you gradually. And then over and over again.
Beautiful movie, wonderful acting. I liked Jake Gyllenhaal's performance better than Heath Ledger's, but I think that has to do with their characters. I also think that Gyllenhaal is totally charming. And to be honest, I'm still on my Jarhead kick. Jarhead was TOTALLY ignored by the Golden Globes and will probably be ignored by the Oscars, but it gets my award for Best Movie of 2005. And yes, even over Brokeback.
Many more thoughts will follow in a proper review for MRFH, but I want a shower before Toby wakes up. :)
BTW:
pfrsue, have you written your Brokeback Mountain review yet? (In other words, do I need to do the extras, or do you want help with the extras?)
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Re: jake was my boy wonder
Date: 2006-01-16 09:28 pm (UTC)Re: jake was my boy wonder
Date: 2006-01-16 09:43 pm (UTC)And I've said it before but I'll say it again :) Two Santa Claus hats and nothing else in Jarhead. It's a very, VERY nice sight.